Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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